New Mexico’s Top Performers In Week Eight

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With the Metro Tournament wrapping up last week, and district play officially starting next week, we take a look at some of the states top performers in Week 8 of the High School Basketball regular season in New Mexico. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Monday January 9th, 2023:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1293133' first='Jett' last='Wyckoff'] "Hope Christian" 23 points and 6 rebounds vs Grants. (Led team in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Tuesday January 10th, 2023:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1076702' first='Shane' last='Douma-Sanchez']</strong> "Del Norte" 31 points, 5 Three-Pointers, 8 rebounds and 4 assists vs Highland. (Led game in scoring and team in rebounding). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Michael Mackey</strong> "Hobbs" 26 points and 4 Three-Pointers vs Las Cruces. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1301617' first='Adam' last='Montoya']</strong> "St. Michael's" 26 points and 11 rebounds vs Sandia Prep. (Led game in scoring and rebounding).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1542189' first='Jason' last='Warren']</strong> "Alamogordo" 25 points and 12 rebounds vs Silver. (Led game in scoring and rebounding).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1176300' first='Kenyon' last='Aguino']</strong> "Volcano Vista" 23 points and 15 rebounds vs Los Lunas. (Led game in scoring and rebounding). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1276347' first='David' last='Cruz']</strong> "Las Cruces" 21 points and 5 Three-Pointers vs Hobbs. (Led team in scoring and game in 3PM).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1208052' first='Kellan' last='Gehres']</strong> "Albuquerque Academy" 20 points vs Los Alamos. (Led team in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1485758' first='Alexis' last='Dominguez']</strong> "Highland" 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists vs Del Norte. (Led team in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1158654' first='Daniel' last='Steverson']</strong> "Cleveland" 18 points vs La Cueva. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1166976' first='Cody' last='Vassar-Steen']</strong> "Farmington" 18 points vs Miyamura. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1633060' first='Ac' last='Munoz']</strong> "Mayfield" 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks vs Deming. (Led team in scoring and blocked shots). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Damien Estrada</strong> "Valencia" 19 points and 6 rebounds vs Capital. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1124213' first='Sean' last='Alter']</strong> "Volcano Vista" 18 points vs Los Lunas. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1176299' first='Daniel' last='Lovato']</strong> "La Cueva" 17 points vs Cleveland. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1687821' first='Jesus' last='Licon']</strong> "Highland" 16 points and 4 Three-Pointers vs Del Norte. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1076705' first='Cedarius' last='Yates']</strong> "La Cueva" 16 points vs Cleveland. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Alex Alfaro</strong> "Deming" 15 points and 10 rebounds vs Mayfield. (Led team in scoring and rebounding). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Gene Trujillo</strong> "St. Pius X" 15 points and 10 rebounds vs Bernalillo. (Led game in scoring and rebounding).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1326930' first='Remy' last='Albrecht']</strong> "Cleveland" 15 points vs La Cueva. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1254049' first='Justin' last='Mask']</strong> "Albuquerque Academy" 16 points vs Los Alamos. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1360191' first='Andrew' last='Hill']</strong> "Sandia" 15 points and 4/5 FTM vs Clovis. (Tied as the team leader in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1687823' first='Thomas' last='Adams']</strong> "Sandia" 15 points and 3/3 FTM vs Clovis. (Tied as the team leader in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1276352' first='Mason' last='Howell']</strong> "Sandia" 14 points vs Clovis. (Season High). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Wednesday January 11th, 2023:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1362491' first='Caileb' last='Parham']</strong> "Eldorado" 35 points vs Cibola. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1124236' first='Elijah' last='Foster']</strong> "Cibola" 28 points vs Eldorado. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1234592' first='Jonah' last='Lopez']</strong> "Rio Grande" 27 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists vs West Mesa. (Led game in scoring rebounds and assists). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1076703' first='Sonny' last='Ortiz']</strong> "West Mesa" 20 points vs Rio Grande. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ali Mireles</strong> "Albuquerque" 17 points vs Atrisco Heritage. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Thursday January 12th, 2023: </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1685484' first='Joe' last='Jack']</strong> "Albuquerque Academy" 34 points vs Sandia Prep. (Career high and led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1293133' first='Jett' last='Wyckoff']</strong> "Hope Christian" 26 points and 6 rebounds vs West Las Vegas. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1552945' first='Lamarion' last='Coleman']</strong> "Sandia" 25 points vs Cleveland. (Career high and led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1897845' first='Lukas' last='Turner']</strong> "Santa Fe" 25 points vs Espanola Valley. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1076702' first='Shane' last='Douma-Sanchez']</strong> "Del Norte" 24 points, 4 Three-Pointers, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals vs Socorro. (Led game in scoring, assists and steals). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1208047' first='Nick' last='Sanchez']</strong> "Artesia" 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals vs Bloomfield. (Led game in scoring and steals). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1687823' first='Thomas' last='Adams']</strong> "Sandia" 17 points vs Cleveland. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1208052' first='Kellan' last='Gehres']</strong> "Albuquerque Academy" 16 points vs Sandia Prep. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1326930' first='Remy' last='Albrecht']</strong> "Cleveland" 15 points and 3 Three-Pointers vs Sandia. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Gene Trujillo</strong> "St. Pius X" 15 points and 15 rebounds vs Taos. (Team's leading scorer and led game in rebounding). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ali Mireles</strong> "Albuquerque" 15 points vs Bernalillo. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Friday January 13th, 2023:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1234592' first='Jonah' last='Lopez']</strong> "Rio Grande" 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists vs Valley. (Led game in scoring and assists). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1362491' first='Caileb' last='Parham']</strong> "Eldorado" 24 points vs Volcano Vista. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1685443' first='Julian' last='Arroyo']</strong> "Lovington" 23 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists vs Texico. (Led team in scoring and assists). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1680001' first='Julian' last='Chavez']</strong> 'Valley" 22 points and 6 rebounds vs Rio Grande. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Alex Alfaro</strong> "Deming" 18 points and 15 rebounds vs Las Cruces. (Led game in scoring and rebounding).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1687821' first='Jesus' last='Licon']</strong> "Highland" 18 points vs Manzano. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1293133' first='Jett' last='Wyckoff']</strong> "Hope Christian" 18 points and 7 rebounds vs Hot Springs. (Led team in scoring and rebounding). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Michael Mackey</strong> "Hobbs" 17 points vs Los Lunas. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1208047' first='Nick' last='Sanchez']</strong> "Artesia" 16 points vs St. Pius X. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1124213' first='Sean' last='Alter']</strong> "Volcano Vista" 16 points and 6 rebounds vs Eldorado. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1176298' first='Jalin' last='Holland']</strong> "Los Lunas" 15 points and 6 rebounds vs Hobbs. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1076711' first='Isaiah' last='Denetclaw']</strong> "La Cueva" 15 points vs Cibola. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Saturday January 14th, 2023:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1360185' first='Nick' last='Dial']</strong> 'Manzano" 33 points vs Bernalillo. (Led game in scoring and made the game winning three-pointer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1897845' first='Lukas' last='Turner']</strong> "Santa Fe" 31 points vs Clovis. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1685484' first='Joe' last='Jack']</strong> "Albuquerque Academy" 29 points vs Gallup. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1176301' first='Latavious' last='Morris']</strong> "Atrisco Heritage" 24 points vs La Cueva. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1293133' first='Jett' last='Wyckoff']</strong> "Hope Christian" 23 points vs St. Pius. (Led game in scoring and made the game winning-lay-up). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1680001' first='Julian' last='Chavez']</strong> "Valley" 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists vs Cottonwood Classical Prep. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1076722' first='Chris' last='Parra']</strong> "Atrisco Heritage" 22 points and 6/7 FTM. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1208047' first='Nick' last='Sanchez']</strong> "Artesia" 21 points vs Hot Springs. (Led game in scoring). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1158654' first='Daniel' last='Steverson']</strong> "Cleveland" 18 points and 10/11 FTM vs Hobbs. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1076705' first='Cedarius' last='Yates']</strong> "La Cueva" 17 points vs Atrisco Heritage. (Led team in scoring).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1678143' first='Nic' last='Trujillo']</strong> "Cleveland" 16 points and 8/9 FTM vs Hobbs. (Team's second leading scorer). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <!-- /wp:separator -->